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Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers
Lot 747

Special Travel:  Smith (E. Eaton) Flying Visits to the City of Mexico and the Pacific Coast, 4to Liverpool 1903. Special Lim. Edition No. 18 of 25 Copies, Signed Presentation Copy. Hf. title, illus. L.P., hf.mor. upr. cover loose; Naylor (Rob. Anderson) Across the Atlantic, 4to Lond. (Roxburghe Press) 1893. First Edn., hf. title, L.P., uncut, orig. cloth; Stubbs (Laura) Stevenson's Shrine The Record of Pilgrimage, 4to Lond. (The De la Mare Press) 1903. First Edn., frontis illus., fold. map, uncut, cloth backed illustrated cloth. (3)

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Lot 75

With Coloured Plates Spalding Club: Stuart (John)ed. The Book of Deer, lg. 4to Edin. (R. Clark) 1869. First Edn., red & bl. title, 22 cold. plts. orig. gilt stamped cloth, v. good. Scarce. (1)

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Lot 750

Rogers (W.S.) A Book of the Poster, Illustrated with Examples of the Work of the Principal Artists of the World. 4to Lond. (Greening & Co.) 1901. First Edn., hf. title, numerous full page colour printed, &  bl. & white plts., orig. decor. green cloth, worn. (1)

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Lot 752

Special Bindings: Galway: O'Sullivan (M.D.) Old Galway, The History of a Norman Colony in Ireland, sm. folio Galway (Kennys) 1983. Reprint, illus. etc. fine crimson mor. backed marble boards, raised bands, mor. label; Hardiman (James) The History of the Town and County of the Town of Galway, Facsimile Reprint of First Edn., 4to Galway (Kenny's) 1975, fold. maps illus. etc. attractive quarter crimson mor., raised bands, mor. label. V. good pair. (2)

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Lot 757

Astronomy:  Neison (Edmund) The Moon and the Condition and Configurations of its Surface, thick 8vo Lond. (Longman, Green & Co.) 1876. First Edn., hf. title, 5 drawings (include. frontis) & 26 fold. & other maps, complete, advert leaf at front, orig. decor. crimson cloth, gilt lettered spine. V. good. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 758

Astronomy:  Guillemin (Amedee) The World of Comets, sm. folio Lond. (Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington) 1877. First English Edn., Trans. by James Glaisher. With 5 cold. plts. & other full page illus., & text illus., Signed  by the Earl of Rosse on t.p., thro.-out, a.e.g., orig. gilt & black pictorial dark blue cloth. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 76

With 33 Sepia type Illustrations Farrell (James P.) History of The County of Longford, 4to Dublin (Dollard) 1891. First Edn.  frontis & 32 plts. orig. green cloth. A very good copy.  (1)

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Lot 760

Astronomy:  Proctor (Richard A.) Old and New Astronomy, Completed by A. Cowper Ranyard. Folio London (Longmans, Green & Co.) 1892. First Edn., frontis & 30 plts. complete plus text illus., lacks errata slip, t.e.g., v. attractive orig. gilt decor. pictorial cloth. V. good. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 765

Signed by the Artist Walsh (Wendy) An Irish Florilegium, and An Irish Florilegium II, 2 vols. folio L. (Thames & Hudson) 1983 & 1987, First Edn., Vol. 1, Signed by the Artist, illus., cloth, d.j.'s. Clean Set. (2)

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Lot 77

Larmour (Paul) The Arts and Crafts Movement in Ireland, sm. folio Belfast 1992; Bowe (Nicola Gordon) & Cumming (Eliz.) The Arts and Crafts Movements in Dublin and Edinburgh 1885-1925, 4to Dublin 1998. Both First Edns., profusely illus. in colour & bl. & white, both orig. d.w.'s. (2)

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Lot 771

Co. Tipperary: Marriage Settlement of 1781. A very large Indenture (3 membranes), being the marriage settlement, dated 2 June 1781, of Catherine Mary Ann Mathew, a minor, only child and sole heiress of Charles Mathew of Thurles, deceased (by her guardian, Francis Mathew of Thomastown and her mother Elizabeth Mathew) and Hugh O'Reilly, eldest son and heir of James O'Reilly of Ballinlough Co. Westmeath. The trustees are Thomas (Nugent) Earl of Westmeath and Theobald Butler of Wilford, Co. Tipperary. Includes schedule of the debts of James O'Reilly, totalling £8,000. Francis Mathew, cousin of the bride, became the first Earl Landaff; Fr. Theobald Mathew, the Apostle of Temperance, was their cousin. Hugh O'Reilly was created a baronet in 1795 and changed his name to Nugent on the death of his uncle in 1812. Important families. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)

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Lot 776

Archive of the Gough, Going & Cobden Families, & Lands in Cos Limerick & Tipperary, c.1700-1950 An important Archive of approximately 150 documents plus miscellaneous papers relating to the Gough family of County Limerick (of which the illustrious Viscounts Gough of Goojerat were a junior branch), the Going family of Ballyphilip, Killenaule, Co. Tipperary, and the Cobdens of Raheen and Grove, Co. Tipperary. The collection comprises: ·       80 indentures relating to leases and sales of land, 1705-1883 ·       15 marriage settlements, 1745-1908 ·       7 bonds relating to debts, 1764-1779 ·       15 testamentary documents, 1822-1952 ·       40 other items, 1766-1956 (legal papers, grants of commissions of the peace, army commissions, death certificates, schedules of deeds …) The earliest material relates to the Gough family of Woodsdown or Woodstown in the parish of Killeengariff, Co. Limerick, and their lands in that area which they acquired in the 1720s. The material covers four generations of the family, ending with the eldest brother of the first Viscount Gough, and fleshes out the rather sketchy pedigree of the family given in Burke’s Peerage. The collection also provides much information on the Going family of Ballyphilip and their lands in Tipperary.  It also includes some material relating to the family of Frend, who had genealogical links with both families, while the Cobdens were connected to the Goughs through the marriage of George Edward Cobden of Raheen with Georgina Gough. As a collection of manuscripts, w.a.f. (1) Julian C. Walton. 2023

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Lot 788

Wife of The Governor of Hong Kong, 1899 Manuscripts: Two Letters by Edith Blake, wife of Sir Henry Blake, Governor of Hong Kong, 1899. The first letter (page 2 only) was evidently written in January 1899 the second - addressed to a Miss Battersby - is dated 17 March following. Both were written not long after the Blakes' arrival in Hong Kong, and mention impressions of China, the enjoyment of their new life by their daughter Olive, the arrival of her brother-in-law Frank Blake, the visit of the Prince and Princess of Prussia, an expedition to a Chinese Temple, a review of the troops in the Happy Valley, and a forthcoming dinner in honour of St. Patrick's Day.   Edith, nee Bernal-Osborne, heir to the Newtown Anner estate in Cos. Tipperary and Waterford, had been disinherited after eloping with Blake, a mere police inspector. As things turned out, Blake had a distinguished diplomatic career and Edith became a talented artist. The couple retired to Myrtle Grove House in Youghal.

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Lot 792

Saunders Sebright (Sir John) Observations upon Hawking, .. Describing the Mode of Breaking and Managing the Several Kinds of Hawks used in Falconry. 8vo Lond. 1826. First Edn., [IV], 64pp, orig. marble boards, ptd. paper label, loose. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 793

Rare Clonmel Printing Provincial Printing: Phelan (Denis) Observations on the Present Sate of Pharmacy in Ireland,  8vo Clonmel (J. Hackett) 1833, First Edn., Errata tipped in at title page, uncut, soiled, printing wrappers. Scarce. (1)

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Lot 796

[Newton (Sir Isaac)] A Dissertation on Comets extracted from the Writings of the Most Eminent Modern Astronomers and Philosophers, in a Letter to a Reverend Professor, to which is prefixed The Theory of a Comet, by Sir Isaac Newton, Sm. 8vo, L. (C. Corbett) c. 1720, First Edn., trimmed, 64pps., rebound marble boards. [Not in Bason or Gray]. Scarce. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 797

[Walcot (John)] A Poetical and Congratulatory Epistle to James Boswell Esq., On his Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with the celebrated Dr. Johnson. By Peter Pindar, Esq., Sm. 8vo Dublin (for Messrs Colles, White, Byrne, M'Kenzie, Marchbank, and Moore) 1786. First Dublin Edn.? H. title, 26pp, disbound. Good. Rare. (1)

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Lot 8

Scarce Irish Author [Rochfort (Luke)] The Genealogie of Protestants, or, A Briefe Discoverie of the first authors, founders and parents of their religion. Sm. 8vo Paris 1621. First Edn., Fac-simile title, first 4pp & last leaf repaired, recent full sprinkled calf, gilt tooled border & spine. Rare. (1) * The author was a Catholic Priest from Kilbride, Co. Meath.

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Lot 800

Astronomy:  Crampton (Rev. Josiah) Rector of Killesher, Co. Fermanagh, Being an Account of The Meteoric Shower of Nov. 13th & 14th, 1866, Sm. 8vo Lond. (William Macintosh) n.d. [1867] First Edn., Fold. frontis, one text illus., 38pp., orig. printed green wrappers, V. good. Ex. Scarce. (1)

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Lot 802

Astronomy:  Crampton (Rev. Josiah) Rector of Killesher, Diocese of Kilmore, in South Fermanagh. The Great Solar Eclipse of March 15, 1858, Sm. 8vo Dublin (George Herbert) 1858 (misprinted on title, MDCCCXLVIII). First Edn., title with sm. illus., Preface dated Enniskillen March 5th, 1858, with 6 text illus, 48pp orig. ptd. yellow wrappers, V. good. Ex. Scarce. (1) * He mentions in the text, 'There will be no total eclipse in England again till February 1916.'

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Lot 808

Important Travel Sketch Book Co. Wicklow:  [WYNNE FAMILY SKETCHBOOK]  A Family Scrapbook of Watercolours, Photos and Postcards of the Wynne Family of Tigroney, County Wicklow, Titled on upper cover ‘A Trip by Sea and Land’.  Dedicated to J.B. Wynne By the Compilers (mother and daughter?) AKW (Alice Katherine Wynne) & ACVW (Alice Clara Veronica Wynne). The first watercolour is of the family with their luggage about to set off on a voyage in the steamer SS Vondel, during the months of March, April and May, 1911. The cruise took the family to Portugal, Tangiers, Algiers, Genoa, San Remo, Genoa to Florence, Venice, Burano, Padua, etc. There are some 75 watercolours, 32 photographs and 35 cards (some coloured) pasted neatly into the scrapbook. Home-made large quarto album in original brown wrappers, titled in manuscript with watercolour decorations and picture of ‘SS Vondel’ laid on upper cover, surrounded by seagulls and dolphins, a steam train through high mountains (Alps) is depicted in the lower half.  A most attractive and artistic item. Contents includes watercolours of : The Family; Arthur Augustus Wynne parting from his beloved Slasher; Last Minutes at Avoca Station; Friends at Waterloo Station; Southampton Water, Isle of Wight, Last View of English Coast, Portuguese Coast; Mouth of the Tagus; Flock of Lambs, Tangiers, Arab Costumes; In the Native Town; J.B. Wynne as Lace Connoisseur shopping for Alice Katherine Wynne; The Party in desperate straits, befriended by Signore Romanelli; Consumption of Pasta, Signora Scappini; The Signorine Giannini, etc. Emily Adelaide Wynne (1872-1958) Irish textile artist at Avoca Woollen Mills, was born in Germany in 1872. Her parents were Albert Augustus Wynne, a civil and mining engineer, and Alice Katherine (nee Wynne). She was the eldest of five children, with three sisters, Winifred Frances (1873-1969), and Alice Clara ‘Veronica’ (1890-1969), and two brothers John Brian (1877-1977) known as Jack and Charles (1895-1917). The Wynne family were originally from Hazelwood or Annagh, County Sligo, and were related to Dr. Kathleen Lynn and Constance Markievicz.  Their family home was the Georgian Tigroney House, beside the Avoca Woollen Mills in the village of Avoca, County Wicklow. Along with his brother, Wyndham, their father held mining interests in Germany, with the family frequently visiting the country.   Following the collapse in value of their mining investments, the Wynne brothers pulled out of German mining in 1908, and refocused on local Irish projects.  This focused Wynne’s mother on her daughters' need to develop a vocation to support themselves, encouraging them in intellectual and creative pursuits. The Wynne sisters were most likely educated at home by governesses. Frances trained in designing patterns for damask work from around December 1901 to March 1902 at Andrew S. Robinson Designing Rooms, Wellington Place, Belfast. Having attempted to sell her designs to some Belfast linen mills, she learnt the practical and economic realities of creating a design suitable for production. Wynne, her sisters and her mother ran a lace repair and sales business from around 1905 to 1916, to supplement the family’s income.  Wynne ran the business again after World War I using her contacts in Europe. Both of Wynne’s brothers fought in the war, with Charles dying in France from injuries he sustained.  Wynne also wrote a novel with her sister Alice Clara Veronica, “Every Dog” (1929), published under the pseudonyms E. and B. Pringle-West.  The sisters took over the running of the Avoca Woollen Mills in 1927, which was originally founded in 1723. The mill became known for its strong and unusual colours, which at the outset are reported to have been by accident. The Wynne’s capitalised on this reputation, using unusual colours in their cloth with new lines, which proved a success overseas. The mill was soon supplying fabrics to fashion designers in France and woollen items to the United States. Wynne developed her own signature pink, along with other colour derived from her botanical knowledge allowing her to source and grow plants in their large walled garden for dyes. She became known for cultivating primulas including one named “Julius Caesar”.  The Avoca Woollen Mills products were sold through the Country Shop on 23 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, and supplied tweed to the designer Elsa Schiaparelli. Wynne visited Schiaparelli in Paris in 1933 and 1937. She also made a trip to New York and Boston in 1935 with the American agent Carol Brown. They opened a shop in London in the 1930s, overseen by Wynne’s cousin, Barbara Donovan, acting as the mill’s English agent.   The company was at its peak in the 1940s, employing 70 men and producing 500 yards of cloth a week. Papers, diaries and other archival material from Wynne and her sisters are held in the Manuscript collection of the Library of Trinity College, Dublin.  As an Album, w.a.f. A unique and interesting item.  (1)

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Lot 81

Presentation Copy with Fine Coloured Plates Lydekker (R.) Wild Oxen, Sheep & Goats of All Lands Living and Extinct, Folio London (Rowland Ward) 1898. First Edn., Limited Edn. No. 74 of 500 Copies Signed by Publisher, vignette title, & 28 full cold. engd. plts. (all v. good), text damp stained on early pages, some still stuck together, later buckram backed boards. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 810

Signed by the Author Fishing: Heaney (E.C.) 'Black Spider,' Fly-Fishing for Trout and Salmon on the Faughan, 8vo Derry 1947. First Edn. in Book Form, originally published in a series of articles in The Londonderry Standard in 1946. With photograph of Author Signed, illus, & adverts orig. illustrated orig. printed wrappers.  Extremely Scarce. (1)

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Lot 83

Astronomy:  Nasmyth (James) & Carpenter (James) The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite. Lg. 4to Lond. 1874. First Edn., frontis & 2 full page plts., some text illus., diagrams etc., advert leaf at end, t.e.g., orig. blue cloth (stained), with mor. inset gilt image on front cover. V. Scarce. (1) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate

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Lot 840

Italian Plates:  Werner (Chas.) Views of the Siege of Rome in 1849, oblong folio Rome [1849], 12 full page plts. engraved by Domenico Amici, orig. ptd. wrappers; also Grassi (Ranieri) Rappresentazione degli Edifizj piu Cospicui de Pisa. Sm. oblong folio Pisa (Ranieri Prosperi) 1852. First Edn. 12 full page plts. with letterpress, orig. printed wrappers. Both volumes with exceptionally clean plates. As a collection, w.a.f. (2)

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Lot 842

South America:  Vergara (Jose Ignacio) Observationes Meteorolojicas Observatorio Astronomico de Santiago, roy 8vo Chile 1885. Vignette title, tables etc., cloth backed boards, damp dam. at spine; Parsons (Hon. R. Clere) The Sanitary Works of Buenos Ayres: Sewage, Drainage and Water-Supply, Ed. by James Forrest. 8vo Lond. 1896. First Edn., Presentation Copy to the Hon. The Earl of Rosse, inscribed. With 3 lg. fold. plts., sewn. As a lot, w.a.f. (2) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 85

O'Callaghan Newenham (Robert) Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of Ireland, Vol. I [All Published] lg. 4to Lond. (Thos. & Wm. Boone) 1830. First Edn. title, dedit & list of subs., 110 full page litho plts. cont. hf. crimson mor. (1) Provenance:   Birr Castle Estate

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Lot 852

Yeats (W.B.)editor, The Arrow, Vol. I, No. 2, & No. 3, together 2 numbers (ex. 5?) 4to Dublin November 24th, 1906, & February 23, 1907, First Edns., orig. decorated wrappers; also, Abbey Theatre, Dublin Twenty-first Birthday Anniversary Performance 27th December, 1925, a souvenir programme, lg. 4to with 3 portrait illus. tipped-in of Lady Gregory, W.B. Yeats and John M.Synge, orig. pict. wrappers; & 1 other item on The Gate Theatre, All good. (4)

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Lot 853

Original Watercolour Drawing Lear (Edward, 1812-1888), artist. A sheet of lined writing paper, approx. 8" x 5", bearing a watercolour pictogram or pictorial message, with a Lear figure removing his hat, leaves, a green pea, a flowering branch, and a coastal scene with fish, a ship etc., apparently relating to ‘Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Marshall, Mr. V. Marshall & Mr. Churnside’ (the first three being 19th-century Yorkshire relatives of the vendor). With some related correspondence seeking to decipher the message, some published material about a Lear exhibition, etc.  An intriguing collection, offered w.a.f.  (1) The sheet with watercolour is extremely fragile, please do not remove from plastic cover.  Verso is entirely blank.

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Lot 855

One of Only 175 Copies  "The Author's Copy" Kinsella (Thomas) The Starlit Eye, 8vo D. (The Dolmen Press) 1952, Limited Edn. of 175 copies, Signed by Author, illustrated by Liam Miller, ptd. wrappers, clipped at fore-edge. V. Scarce. (1) * The Author's First Book Provenance:  By direct family descent to the Vendor.

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Lot 857

Heaney (Seamus) Eleven Poems, Festival Publications, Queen's University of Belfast [1985], orig. wrappers, First Edn., Second Issue with ten-point star on upper cover. Inscribed and signed 'for Joe Spears and Peggy, 22nd March, 1969' Fine copy. His first separately published work. A legendary rarity, especially with the early signature and dedication. (1)

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Lot 858

Heaney (Seamus) A Lough Neagh Sequence, Phoenix Pamphlet Poets Press, Manchester 1969, First Edn., orig. wrappers, fine. (1)

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Lot 86

Astronomy:  Copeland (Ralph) Annals of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Vols. 1 & 2. Together 2 vols. lg. 4to Glasgow 1902-1906. First Edns., text illus. thro.-out, ends loosened by dampness, orig. dam. (2) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate

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Lot 860

Heaney (Seamus) A Boy Driving His Father to Confession, Sceptre Press 1970, No. 73 of 150 copies, First Edn., orig. wrappers. Fine copy. (1)

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Lot 863

Heaney (Seamus) Hedge School, Sonnets from Glanmore with colour woodcuts by Claire Van Vliet. Seluzicki, Janus, Vermont 1979, First Edn., orig. brown wrappers, fine, No. 260 (285) Copies Signed  by Poet and the Artist. (1)

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Lot 868

Heaney (Seamus) Verses for a Fordham Commencement, Fordham Univ., May 23, 1982, 4pp sm qto, lightly mounted, Signed at foot of first page and inscribed to ‘George, Sláinte! May 25th, 1982’.  [‘George’ was George W. Conaty, an Irish-American criminal defence lawyer in New York, who shared a convivial flight to Dublin with the writer.] (1)

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Lot 87

Malcolm (Col Sir John) The History of Persia, from the Most Early Period to The Present Time, 2 vols. lg. 4to Lond. (for John Murray) 1815. First Edn., Fold. map frontis Vol. I & 23 engd. views or ports on 22 full page plts., all damp stained, some text also stained, recent hf. mor. mor. labels. Engraved bookplates of Michael, Earl of Rosse. (2) Provenance:  Birr Castle Estate

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Lot 879

Signed by the Contributors [Cheltenham Festival of Literature] The Four Elements: * The Fire Gaze,(Seamus Heaney) * First Spring Dawn,  (Jenny Joseph) * The Three Winds, (Laurie Lee) and * Water, (Lawrence Sail), each Signed  by the Author, illustrated by Hellmuth Weissenborn, No. 116 (125) Copies, loose, housed in brown pocket, ptd. label. (1)

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Lot 890

Republican Newspapers: A tall folio bound Volume of original First Editions of Republican Newspapers, including The Nation, 3 issues, 1849-1852; The Irishman, 5 issues, March-November 1849; The Talbot, 10 issues, Jan. 1850-Nov. 1851; & 1 issue of The Citizen, New York, December 2, 1854, all bound as one, cont. hf. mor. mor. label. As a coll. of newspapers, bound as one, w.a.f. (1)

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Lot 899

Padraic Pearce's First Book Pearse (P.H.) Three Lectures on Gaelic Topics, sm. 8vo D. (M.H. Gill & Son) 1898. First Edn., uncut, orig. gilt lettered green cloth. A fine Copy. V. Scarce. (1)

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Lot 90

Carr (John Carr) The Stranger in Ireland; or, A Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of that Country in the Year 1805, 4to Lond. 1806. First Edn.  16 sepia plts. (3 lg. fold., lacks frontis) later calf backed cloth boards., plates v. clean. (1)

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Lot 901

O'Cathasaigh (P.) The Story of the Irish Citizen Army, 8vo D. (Maunsel & Co.) 1919, First Edn., hf. title, ptd. wrappers. (1)

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Lot 902

Proceedings of The First Dail Eireann: Dail Eireann. Tuairisc Infhedidh meach ar Sheiseon an Mheithimh, 17adh - 19adh (Session June 17 - 19, 1919). Printed text in Irish followed by English version, reporting the Dail business and debates in detail, including appointment of Arthur Griffith as Acting President in the Absence of the President, Eamon de Valera. Business included a resolution of thanks to American Congress, Acting -Presidents' Address, Departmental Reports, Ministerial proposals, etc. 8vo 16pp, orig. ptd. wrappers, somewhat browned. An exceptionally rare item. (1)

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Lot 906

Contemporary Illustrated Account from Sinn Fein Prisoner Byrne (Joseph) Prisoners of War, 8vo D. (The Art Depot) 1917. First Edn., illus. & illus. ptd. wrappers. Rare.(1) * Some Recollections of an Irish Deportee.

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Lot 916

Chronicles of Jails and Prisoners, with Signatures Figgis (Darrell) A Chronicle of Jail, (bound with) A Second Chronicle of Jails, Dublin, Talbot, 1917 & 1919, bound together in cloth, orig. wrappers bound in. The first item with inserted prelims signed by former prisoners including Aibhistin de Staic (Stack), with a list of nine jails in which he was detained; Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha (Clancy), listing five jails. Diarmuid Ua Loingsigh, Sean Mac an tSaoi (Mc Entee), David R. Kent (Brother of Eamon), Eamon de Valera (dated 11.7.17 at Ennis), Labhras Mag Fhionnaghail (Ginnell); Art O Griobhthaigh (Arthur Griffith) and others; also Signed by the author Darrell Figgis during the East Clare election, 2.7.(19)17. A remarkable collection of signatures, many of them evidently collected during the East Clare Election Campaign of July 1917, when De Valera was the successful Republican candidate. De Valera's signature is dated on the day after polling day. Peadar Clancy's signature is very rare; he was shot dead with Commdt. Dick McKee on the evening of "Bloody Sunday," 1920, while allegedly trying to escape from a British Army guardroom in Dublin.  (1)

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Lot 917

Cumann na mBan Irish Civil War: Cumann na mBan, North Dublin Union, A detailed 4 pp manuscript Report by the Prisoners' Council, pencil and ink on two scraps of rough notepaper, dated 3rd October 1923, complaining about the condition of the North Dublin Union when the prisoners were first moved there, of the "terrorism and ill treatment" of prisoners following the escape attempt of 6th May "The Army came in to effect the count, the prisoners refused, and many of them were pulled, kicked and beaten down a stone stairs by the soldiers and police," also complaints about a search of the prisoners' cells on August 26th and the Catholic Church's refusal to grant absolution to the majority of the prisoners on "political grounds" and giving a general account of the prison regime.        Some creasing, otherwise good condition, rare and interesting. (1) * The search of prisoners' cells on 26th August followed a raid on the Suffolk Street headquarters of Sinn Fein, during which uncensored correspondence smuggled out of the North Dublin Union had been discovered.  The Catholic Church did not refuse to grant absolution to the female prisoners on political grounds, but because they were engaged in hunger strikes that could have resulted in self inflicted death (a mortal sin) This document was smuggled out of the North Dublin Union to the Intelligence Section of the Anti-Treaty forces for use as anti-government propaganda in "Poblach na hEireann Irish War News". As a m/ss. Ex. Rare.

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Lot 922

Irish Politics:  Ghall (Sean) & others, Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins, lg. 4to D. (Martin Lester) 1922, First Edn., illus. throughout, ptd. wrappers with design by Harry Clarke. Good Copy. (1)

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Lot 93

Rickmer (W. Rickmer) The Duab of Turkestan A Physiographic Sketch and Account of Some Travels. Sm. folio Cambridge (University Press) 1913. First Edn., frontis, 2 fold. cold. maps & 201 other maps, diagrams and other illus., orig. green buckram. A very clean copy. (1) Provenance: Birr Castle Estate.

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Lot 936

Curragh Internment Camp Tokens: A collection of four original metal Currency Tokens inscribed 'Curragh 1940' in 1d, 6d, 1/- & 2/- denominations, the first and second brass coloured, the others grey, with blank backs, attractively mounted in a wooden frame. (1) * Evidently these were issued to inmates of the Curragh Internment Camp, where some 400 Republican sympathisers were detained in 1940. Very Scarce.

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Lot 94

Vizetelly (Henry) A History of Champagne, With Notes on The Other Sparkling Wines of France. Sm. folio Lond. (H. Sotheran & Co.) 1882. First Edn., frontis vignette title, fold. cold. map, 5 plts. & illus. thro.-out text, orig. gilt decor. cloth. (1)

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Lot 940

Blunt (Lady Anne) A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the Cradle of the Arab Race. 2 vols. L. 1881 First Edn., Two hf. titles, 1 fold. map & 15 illus. plts. include frontis, etc., by the author, 24pp cat end Vol. II, some slight browning, orig. decor. cloth, gilt. (2)

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Lot 941

Blunt (Lady Anne) Bedouin Tribes of The Euphrates, 2 vols. 8vo Lond. 1879. First Edn., Two hf. titles, fold. cold. map, 2 frontis + 10 plts., 32pp. cat. end of Vol. II, some endpapers pasted down at gutter, some dust stains, orig. gilt decor. cloth, worn. (2)

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Lot 942

Fishing:  Hofland (T.C.) The British Angler's Manual, or, The Art of Angling in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Sm. 8vo Lond. 1839. First Edn., engd. frontis & 13 full page pls. & 39 wd. cut illus. in text, orig. blind stamped cloth. (1)

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Lot 943

Both Signed Presentation Copies Fishing: Pickard (F.W.) Sixteen British Trout Rivers, 8vo N. York 1936. First Edn., frontis & plt. orig. cloth; and  Trout and Salmon Fishing in Ireland, 8vo N. York 1938. First Edn., frontis & plts., orig. cloth, both orig. illus. d.w.'s V. good. (2) * Both Signed Presentation Copies.

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Lot 945

Signed by Author de Burca (Seamus) The Soldiers Song, - The Story of Peadar O'Cearnaigh, 8vo D. (P.J. Bourke) 1957. First Edn. Thus., Signed Presentation Inscription  on front loose blank, illus. thro.-out cloth, orig. cold. d.w., black flap torn away, but present. (1)

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Lot 946

O'Flaherty (Liam) The Tent, 8vo L. (J. Cape Ltd.) 1926, First Edn., Signed  and inscribed on f.e.p. 'To H.R. Christie with Affectionate Regards from Liam O'Flaherty, Hazelbrook, June 1927, green cloth, ptd. label, d.j.; Spring Sowing, 8vo, N.Y. (A.A. Knopf) 1926, First U.S. Edn., decor. cloth; Skerrett, 8vo, N.Y. (Ray Long) 1932, First U.S. Edn., red cloth, black lettering, pictorial d.j. (3)

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Lot 949

Very Good Association Gibbon (Monk) Seventeen Sonnets, 8vo, L. (Joiner and Steele) 1932, First Edn., Signed  and Inscribed  to 'Winifred Letts from Monk Gibbon, green cloth. (1)

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Lot 950

Mundy (F.N.C.) Needwood Forest and the Fall of Needwood with Other Poems, sm. 8vo, Derby (T. Richardson) 1830, First Edn., Inscribed on f.e.p. 'Constance Talbot at Markeaton, August 1852' Ex. Libris J.O. Edwards (bookplate) hf. leather, green buckram boards, gilt decor spine. Good copy. (1)

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Lot 951

American Tour by Co. Tipperary Priest Meagher (Rev. W.) Templemore, Leaves from My Note-Book; or, A Year's Ramble Through the United States and Canada, in the Years 1871 and '72, Sm. 8vo Dublin (J. Duffy & Sons) n.d. c. 1884. First Edn., hf. title, [8], orig. wrappers repaired & bound in at end, recent full green cloth. V. Scarce. (1)

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Lot 952

Inscribed by Signatory of the 1916 Proclamation [Mac Donagh (Thomas)] Colum (Padraic) The Fiddler's House, 8vo D. (Maunsel & Co.) 1907, First Edn., Signed  on title page by the Author, and Signed and dated 1907 on hf. title "Thomas Mac Donagh, 1907" ptd. wrappers, rebacked, housed in custom container. (1)

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